Fast Feng Shui : Get Straightened Up!

Feng shui my way is all about your personal experience of space. If you want to experience things in a strong, positive way, they need to be straight! And we need to be straight! Todays’s fast feng shui is about straightening up.

If framed images are going crooked on your walls, your eye will be attracted by the off-beat slant…in a not-so-good way. Straightening your pictures is key; you will feel immediately more “together” when things are level. (* an inexpensive level tool is great for this; it will help you really even things out, especially with multiple images on the wall!) Also, if you are interested in creating a great gallery wall teeming with art, Capturing Joy has great “sprucing up a gallery wall” tips HERE.

On that note, standing straight affects our entire experience of life. Your attitude changes- as does your ability to breathe deeply- when you are straight. Have you ever seen a celebrity slouching on a red carpet? Of course not! Its a posture that repels…and not good when you want to attract positive things! I’ve caught my posture going south in all the typing and blogging I do and the only way I can correct it is to literally remind myself all day. On my computer I put a Post-It that says “sit straight, stand straight” and I email it to myself when needed!

I love this site, everytime I’m at school and in the library I come to this website has a lot of inspirational quotes that I even scrapbook them. I would love to see more. Keep up the good work! Love it!!!

Dana, too many squares like this can ruin flow, become too rigid. Some ovals are needed for balance. Or perhaps one central square provides enough circulation. Same way with displays of china plates. Too many circles hung on a wall are disorienting, too similar and need a square for balance.

Here’s a quick tip for preventing crooked art in your home: fun-tak mounting putty and a level. I work in set decoration in film and use this on set all the time to keep art from moving on the walls. Just use a small amount of fun-tak behind the top corners (between the wall and the art you’re hanging) of your art, then hold your level horizontally on top of the art until it’s level then press firmly to keep your art level and in place! An easy fix and the putty (I use the white, not blue putty) doesn’t stain walls.

Well….there you go then…..for years I was attracted to square and rectangle shapes and straight lines. In hind site it is because I needed the stability but now I am happily and intuitively adding curves and circles to the mix because I started to feel uncomfortable….must be because after being single for a very long time I am remarried and feel good and settled.

On another note I don’t have to be the ‘man of the house’ now and I am slowly retiring my masculine dress style for a more feminine look.